AMA CPT® Assistant - 2007 Issue 9 (September)

Drug Infusion Administration Services - Part 3 of 3 (September 2007)

September 2007 pages 3-6 Coding Communication:Drug Infusion Administration Services - Part 3 of 3 The following is the third and final installment of a series on coding drug administration services. This article focuses on AMA answers to common questions regarding the subject. Question A patient is given an intramuscular injection of a substance at 1:31 pm. At 3:40 pm, the patient is given a second injection of the same substance. Would code 90772 be reported twice? AMA Comment CPT code 90772, Therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic injection (specify substance or drug); subcutaneous or intramuscular, should be reported twice, because two...

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